Mario Party 9 Review (Wii)

Mario Party is a game that needs no introduction. Probably the best known game of its genre, this board game come mini-game collection is now in its 9th release, after an uncharacteristic 5 year hiatus. The basic tenet of the game is up to 4 players...

Mario Party 9

How can a company regurgitate the same formula over many years and hope that it still remains fresh? With football games it is a case of tweaking the style of play and updating rosters, platform adventures add in extra moves and special stages, but a...

Mario Party 9

So what does it take to keep a series going for nine incarnations? It must be a tough gig, but Nintendo have pulled it off once again with Mario Party 9.

Shorter gamer length ; More luck than skill ; More relaxed game play

Not as many Mini-Games played during a game ; Too much talking/text during cut scenes ; No DK Spots

Contrary to other reviews I have read on this game, I believe there has been just the right amount of change made to keep it fresh. It’s certainly one for families who get a chance to play together. A lot more luck is required this time around too

Mario Party 9 Playtest: A Night At Blooper Beach

This is the experience of a group of late-20-somethings and their Sunday fun-day encounter with Mario Party 9.

As the game went on to show various graphs and figures of our progress, Not-Pat, Not-Caitlin and Not-Jessi began to argue their cases for deserving extra mini-stars for “Being most similar to Yellow Toad,” “Most capable of finding grotesque, gigantic,...

Mario Party 9 Review

Party like it's 1999.

Mario Party 9 follows the same gameplay structure as the long-running franchise, but changes things up with a new way to move around the game board and with the introduction of boss fights. The mini-games use the Wii Remote wisely and don’t force...

Mario Party 9 offers little challenge at all, but that simplicity is inviting to children and people who don’t typically play video games. The board game layout and clearly defined rules make it a breeze for anyone to pick up and play with little to no...

Mario Party 9 review: A big improvement - but it cant live with Nintendos best

So developer Hudson Soft is no more, swallowed up in the jaws of the white whale Konami, while their perpetual Mario Party is now being hosted by Nintendo - or more specifically, by Nintendo's subsidiary company Nd Cube. It's all change for one of the...

Overall, Mario Party 9 is a decent package with a lot of content, even if the Story mode is something you'll wish you could avoid. It's colorful, good looking, and fun with others, but after so many games, the appeal just isn't going to last for many...